The Research & Writing of a new Sarah Vinke Biography!!!
A Joint Project of Dr Anthony McWatt, Project
Researcher & Author
with Professor Henry S. Gurr, Project Director &
Editor.
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Preamble and Some General Guidelines:
We believe that Professor Sarah Vinke (of ‘Zen &
the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ fame), deserves
a good biography!!!
If this writing project goes as we anticipate
it should, then this project though starting small,
could grow and build to quite a substantial
undertaking.
It will be titled:
‘Sarah Vinke and the Quest for the Origins
of Robert Pirsig’s Metaphysics of Quality’.
We believe that this biography project will work out
great!!!
A biography of Sarah Vinke by Dr McWatt is a
natural academic step especially considering that
Sarah is one of his favorite characters in ‘Zen
& the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ and that
he was the first person in the world to receive a
Ph.D. in Robert Pirsig’s ‘Metaphysics of
Quality’ (or ‘MOQ’).
In view of this, his efforts as biographer
should produce a text of high intellectual quality
and be of interest to those seeking further
knowledge about Sarah Vinke and/or the historical
background of the MOQ.
We will start small and gradually “explore our way
into” how to move ahead.
To paraphrase Pirsig, we won’t let the
static plan divert us away from the Dynamic “in
the field” research.
Some might call this technique “Evo_Devo”
while less generous souls, might call it “Trial
& Error”!!!
Here are our thoughts on how Sarah Vinke’s biography
should turn out:
In the long term, say a year or two, we would
ideally
like have a biography of substantial length on the
lines of the biography of famed science fiction
writer, Ray Bradbury, author of the fascinating
‘Zen and the Art of Writing’!!!
Such biographies usually start with the childhood
of the
person in question.
In regards to Sarah Vinke, the farm where she
grew up and its land are still there, as well as the
many of the surrounding physical structures.
Ideally, a biographer will integrate all this life
information and make (nay weave!), a story of that
person’s life just as if the biographer was
actually in that person's skin.
In the case of Sarah Vinke, we believe it is
especially needful to “tease out” just why Sarah
said (to only Robert Pirsig apparently) “Are you
teaching Quality?”
This is especially intriguing, because as of
now, there is no CLEAR pattern - as of yet - from
Sarah’s life, as to why she would do this!!!
http://robertpirsig.org/news.htm
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